– President sure Nigeria can repay – lists projects being executed with Chinese support President Muhammadu Buhari has dispelled insinuations about the so-called debt trap by the Chinese government on developing countries, insisting that Nigeria would be able to repay the loans. This is coming as he disclosed that Nigeria’s partnership with China through the […]
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The end-of-year set for the completion of the reconstruction of the Lagos-Ibadan expressway may be extended, an official of the Ministry of Works has said. Reconstruction project of the road commenced in 2013, to be completed in 2017, but it was later moved to the end of 2018/early 2019 as a result of the increase […]
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• Party rules out automatic tickets amid protest • INEC raises the alarm over 10 million uncollected PVCs The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has urged the National Assembly to override the vetoing of the Electoral Act 2010 (Amendment) Bill by President Muhammadu Buhari. It said Buhari’s veto did not come as a surprise, alleging that […]
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– (Homage to the Afohun p’ogun p’ote, the Warrior-King, who fights tyrants with bare words) By Yinka Oludayisi Fabowale I’d met him before I met him. I’d met in and through his creative expressions and hosts of innumerable disciples, or acolytes, who populate the diverse fields of the media, as well as the literary and […]
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The General Overseer in charge of The Way of Holiness Chapel (TWHC) Pastor Johnson Falade, has predicted that it has been revealed to him that the 2019 general elections would be free, fair and devoid of violence. Falade, who is also a senior lecturer at the Department of Linguistic Studies, Adeyemi College of Education (ACE) […]
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– Marketers scared off – Supply of product by NNPC epileptic, characterised by price differentials – Demand rises as product sells as high as N350 per litre Oil marketers in Nigeria are still reluctant to resume the importation of Dual Purpose Kerosene (DPK), after abandoning the venture for over two years on the grounds of […]
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Chinese scientists have developed a new kind of adhesive antibacterial hydrogel that can be used in wound healing treatment. A dressing material is essential for skin wound healing, designing wound dressing materials with antibacterial properties, therapeutic effects and suitable mechanical properties has practical significance in health care. Hydrogel wound dressings have gained popularity in recent […]
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Experts have warned against the prevailing practice of using calcium carbide and other chemicals to artificially ripen fruits, vegetables and foodstuff by farmers and traders across the country. They experts gave the warning in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Abuja, saying that some of the various diseases experienced […]
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– as Lagos records 3,089 cases in eight months – 150 cases monthly – 1,187 children exposed to domestic violence The Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Response Team (DSVRT) says no fewer than 3,089 cases of s3xual and domestic violence were reported in the state in the past eight months. The State Commissioner for […]
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Former Kano state governor and presidential aspirant, Malam Ibrahim Shekarau, has dumped the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, citing alleged injustice meted out to him by his former party. Announcing the development, his media aide, Alhaji Sule Yau Sule, told Daily Trust that “the decision to dump the PDP […]
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